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Table 11. Graduation rates within 150 percent of normal program completion time at Title IV institutions among students who started as full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students, by race/ethnicity, level and control of institution, and sex: United States, retrospective cohort years 2017 and 2020
Level and control of institution and sex	All students	American Indian or Alaska Native	Asian	Black or African American	Hispanic or Latino	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or more races	Race/ ethnicity unknown	U.S. nonresident

All 4-year institutions¹ (retrospective cohort year 2017)
Total	61.0	38.0	75.8	41.9	53.4	48.7	65.6	57.2	55.0	71.2
Female	64.0	40.9	79.1	46.4	57.2	50.8	68.5	60.0	58.2	75.4
Male	57.3	34.1	72.1	35.8	48.3	46.4	62.1	53.6	51.3	67.5
Public	58.8	34.8	74.0	40.6	50.9	45.5	63.4	54.6	56.4	67.4
Female	61.8	37.5	77.5	44.8	54.9	47.3	66.5	57.3	59.5	71.0
Male	55.2	31.3	70.2	34.4	45.6	43.6	59.9	51.2	53.1	64.6
Private nonprofit	67.9	48.3	81.8	46.7	62.6	53.5	71.6	65.6	59.9	77.1
Female	71.1	52.4	83.6	52.7	65.8	56.4	74.3	68.7	63.9	81.7
Male	63.8	43.0	79.3	39.5	58.2	50.1	68.1	61.5	55.3	72.6
Private for-profit	44.7	39.6	64.4	32.4	54.5	52.8	45.5	42.2	32.7	64.2
Female	45.9	40.8	66.9	32.6	55.5	52.7	45.9	42.4	35.9	69.1
Male	43.1	37.3	61.4	32.2	53.1	53.0	45.0	42.1	28.1	58.7
Bachelor’s or equivalent degree-seekers attending 4-year institutions and completing bachelor’s or equivalent degree (retrospective cohort year 2017)
Total	64.6	41.4	78.3	45.4	58.7	50.5	68.2	60.5	58.9	73.6
Female	67.6	43.8	81.2	50.3	62.2	51.3	71.0	63.2	61.8	78.1
Male	60.9	37.9	75.0	38.7	53.7	49.5	64.7	56.9	55.5	69.7
Public	63.4	40.3	77.0	45.1	57.7	52.6	66.8	58.8	62.9	71.3
Female	66.3	43.1	80.2	49.5	61.5	54.2	69.8	61.3	65.4	75.4
Male	60.0	36.2	73.7	38.6	52.4	51.0	63.4	55.5	60.2	68.1
Private nonprofit	68.5	50.5	82.2	47.7	63.3	54.5	72.0	66.2	61.0	77.1
Female	71.9	54.1	83.9	54.1	66.4	57.4	74.8	69.4	64.9	81.6
Male	64.4	45.6	79.8	40.0	59.0	51.0	68.4	61.8	56.1	72.7
Private for-profit	32.5	10.8	55.6	26.1	37.1	14.3	33.2	29.7	20.0	63.5
Female	30.3	7.1	55.2	24.7	35.3	9.9	29.2	26.6	19.1	69.2
Male	34.8	17.5	56.0	27.5	39.0	23.2	37.3	32.8	21.0	56.9
All 2-year institutions (retrospective cohort year 2020)
Total	39.4	38.3	47.8	32.8	37.3	38.7	42.4	34.8	41.1	43.3
Female	39.8	37.9	51.0	34.1	38.1	37.7	42.0	34.6	43.6	46.9
Male	39.1	39.0	44.5	30.8	36.1	40.4	42.8	35.1	38.1	39.7
Public	33.9	29.1	44.2	23.9	29.7	26.4	38.2	30.0	30.2	40.6
Female	33.9	27.4	47.3	24.5	30.7	23.5	37.4	30.0	30.5	43.9
Male	33.9	31.5	41.4	23.3	28.3	29.9	39.0	29.9	29.9	37.5
Private nonprofit	58.5	51.0	83.9	47.2	63.2	46.1	67.2	46.3	64.4	93.3
Female	58.8	53.6	84.2	48.8	61.8	44.4	67.0	51.2	64.5	94.6
Male	57.0	36.5	83.3	38.9	65.5	56.3	68.0	38.1	63.1	92.2
Private for-profit	60.0	59.0	71.4	48.4	64.9	61.4	65.0	55.9	55.5	70.1
Female	58.5	58.6	70.4	46.7	63.9	58.8	64.0	53.7	58.1	72.1
Male	62.0	59.5	72.9	51.6	66.4	66.8	66.0	58.7	52.2	66.1
All less-than-2-year institutions (retrospective cohort year 2020)
Total	68.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Public	71.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Private nonprofit	67.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Private for-profit	67.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

— Not available. Data were not collected.

¹The 4-year institution cohort contains all full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates, regardless of the level of the degree or certificate sought.

NOTE: Title IV institutions are those with a written agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal student financial assistance programs. United States includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy are not Title IV eligible but are included in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) universe because they are federally funded and open to the public; they are included in this table. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy is Title IV eligible and is also included in this table. Cohort counts for the 2017 and 2020 retrospective cohorts were collected from institutions that were Title IV eligible and participated in the Winter 2023–24 collection period of the 2023–24 IPEDS survey. Analyses using data from other IPEDS collections covering the same groups of students may yield different results due to changes in Title IV status between the collection periods. The rates in this table reflect graduation rates at institutions regardless of the length of programs, unless otherwise indicated. The graduation rate was calculated as required for disclosure and reporting purposes under the Student Right-to-Know Act. This rate was calculated no later than August 31, 2023 as the total number of completers within 150 percent of normal time (e.g., “normal” program completion time for a bachelor’s degree would be 4 years) at the same institution where the student started divided by the adjusted cohort (retrospective cohort minus any allowable exclusions). For institutions following a semester, trimester, 4-1-4, or other academic year calendar system, the retrospective cohort is the number of students entering the institution as full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates in the fall of the cohort year. For institutions following calendars that differ by program or allow continuous enrollment, the retrospective cohort is the number of students entering the institution as full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates from September 1 of the cohort year through August 31 of the following year. Allowable exclusions include those students who died or were totally and permanently disabled; students who left school to serve in the armed forces (or have been called up to active duty); those who left to serve with a foreign aid service of the federal government, such as the Peace Corps; and those who left to serve on official church missions. Students of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity are included in the “Hispanic or Latino” category regardless of race and are not included in the race categories. Students who self-identify with more than one race are included in the “Two or more races” category. Students who are in the United States on a visa or temporary basis, and who are not authorized to remain indefinitely, are included in the “U.S. nonresident” category regardless of race or ethnicity. Definitions for terms used in this table may be found in the collection year’s archived downloadable glossary located at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data/annual-survey-forms-packages-archived?year=2023.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS, Fall 2023, Institutional Characteristics component (final data) and Winter 2023–24, Graduation Rates component (final data).

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